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RECREATION. 



I said, "What for?" 



He said, "I want to pay my expenses 

 down here." 



I said, "If you haven't any money to 

 spend I don't believe these people want 

 you here." 



Then I looked around to find the hog 

 pens where they were feeding canvasback 

 ducks to the hogs. I went back and re- 

 ported to myself, quietly, that someone had 

 lied. 



I do not say we are doing great things 

 down in Texas ; but I will say that the 

 laws, as they are on the statute books, will 

 be enforced as far as I can enforce them, 

 unless the men who violate them are too 

 large and carry too many guns. There is 

 a general feeling in favor of protecting the 

 game, and, as I said before, I am sur- 

 prised at the most excellent law we have, 

 and the way it is being respected. 



LEAGUE NOTES. 



The League has been a decided benefit to 

 this community. During the season of 

 1903, there was less illegal hunting here 

 than ever before. The citizens are be- 

 ginning to see that the L. A. S. means 

 business as a game protector. We offer a 

 bounty of 75 cents for foxes, as an induce- 

 ment to the people to help us exterminate 

 them. We fed the quails and wild turkeys 

 while the snows were deep. All the mem- 

 bers seem to be pleased with the past year's 

 work, and are feeling confident that next 

 year will be better than ever. 



I am much in favor of prohibiting hunt- 

 ing with dogs, ?s dogs are taken into the 

 deer country under the pretense that they 

 are hunting birds. If the bird hunters were 

 treated the same as deer hunters, there 

 would be no legal excuse for roaming the 

 mountains with a pack of dogs. No doubt 

 such a bill would meet strong opposition, 

 but it would settle the dog question. 



A. B. Winchester, 

 Rear Warden McElhattan, Pa., Chapter. 



The Blair county. Pa., chapter of the 

 L. A. S. recently prosecuted S. A. Beeghley, 

 J. J. Zimmerman and William Estright, of 

 Coalport ; William Smith, of Lloydsville ; 

 and Ross Williams and Jackson Feight, of 

 Roaring Spring, for catching and retaining 

 trout under 6 inches in length. Beeghley, 

 Zimmerman, Williams and Feight were 

 fined $10 each and costs, Ebright, $20 and 

 Smith $35. 



When these men were arrested Elmer 

 Kuhn, of Coalport, interfered with the offi- 

 cers in the discharge of their duties and was 

 himself arrested and fined $100 and costs, 

 which he paid. Kuhn could probably have 

 made more money by attending to his own 

 business. 



through some of its members. A short 

 time ago I returned from a 3 months' bear 

 hunting trip in Alaska and even in that 

 far away land, the influence of the L. A. S. 

 and its friends has wrought a wonderful 

 change. Two years ago 1,000 or 1,200 deer 

 skins in one shipment from Juneau to the 

 State was not an unusual sight. Wholesale 

 slaughter of moose, caribou and goats was 

 also going on at the same rate. Fortu- 

 nately, however, this is all a thing of the 

 past, thanks to the effort of the League in 

 securing a good game law in Alaska. 

 Gouvcrneur M. Phelps, New York City. 



Game Warden F. B. Shirley, of Ohio, 

 who is also a member of the League, ar- 

 rested Jacob Maurer and 2 Italians for 

 shooting ducks in violation of law. Maurer 

 • was fined $66.50 and the other men $4484 

 each. The 3 men killed only one duck. 

 Mighty expensive shooting. 



Veto Citelli, Charles Aberzero and Joseph Ron- 

 zano were arrested near Pinecroft by special 

 officers Schwenk a.nd Burkholder of the Blair 

 County Branch of the League of American Sports- 

 men, on the charge of shooting song birds. 

 Arraigned before Justice of the Peace Isenberg 

 of Bellwood, they were fined $25 each and costs 

 which they paid. — Alton (Pa.) Gazette. 



The L. A. S. is doing splendid work 



THE WASTED CANDY. 

 Luv is a funy thing fur wenn u gett 

 Itt in ure sistem ann ure gurl has ett 

 ure kandy ann sum feller kums aroun 

 hoose gott moar munny shee wil thro u 



down, 

 i thott that bigges burton gurl wuz fine. 

 Shee wuz thurtene ann i am onlev nine 

 butt iff i luvd a gurl i woodunt kair 

 Abowt hur aige iff shee hadd luvly hare 

 ann feechers ann i woodunt stopp becuz 

 Shee wuz a few yeres difrunt than i wuz. 



mi shee wuz luvly. Ann hur hare wuz 



black 

 Ann too big brades 'uv it hung down hur 



back, 

 i hadd a bag uv kandy thee furst time 

 i mett hur goin too skool ann i sez ime 

 A nabur uv ure fokes ann woant u take 

 this kandy. haf uv it belonged to blake 

 Butt 1 foargot abowt his shair ann shee 

 Sez mi u are too offul good too mee 

 ann woodunt shee 1 1 robin mee ann took 

 thee sack ann sed yes i mite take hur book. 



i luvd hur a hoal weke ann evrv day 

 wenn i hadd kandy i giv itt away 

 too her butt wenn i ast hur iff sheed go 

 too henry Beemus party shee sed no 

 Ann sed bil peerson wuz hur kumpuny 

 Shee koodunt go with such smal boys uz 



me. 

 ann henry bemus hurd hur say mi hand 

 wuz kuverd with big worts shee koodunt 



stand, 

 i no i gott worts butt shee didunt see 

 Urn wenn shee took that kandy awl from 



me. —J. W. Foley in Life. 



